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Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1992
This manual has been produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the first follow-up dropout component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). Necessary documentation is also provided for use of the data files. The base-year population covered by the NELS:88 included…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Dropout Research
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1992
This manual provides guidance and documentation for users of the public release data for the student component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The general aim of NELS, a continuing long-term project, is to study the educational, vocational, and personal development of students at various grades and the factors that…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies
Green, Patricia J.; Hoogstra, Lisa A.; Ingels, Steven J.; Greene, Harrison N.; Marnell, Patricia K. – 1997
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) is a new study that will focus on children's early school experiences beginning in kindergarten. Approximately 23,000 children will be selected as they enter kindergarten and followed through fifth grade. Base-year data will be collected in the fall of 1998, but there will a field test in the 1996-97…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
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Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1992
This manual has been produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the first follow-up component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). A corollary objective is to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data file. Use of the data set does not require the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cohort Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
This manual has been produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the second follow-up school component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) and to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data file. Chapter 1 contains an overview and the history of the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Error of Measurement, Followup Studies
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
This manual familiarizes data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the second follow-up student component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), with the corollary objective of providing necessary documentation for use of the data file. Chapter 1 presents an overview and history of the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational History, Followup Studies
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Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
This manual familiarizes data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the second follow-up dropout component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a survey of the educational and personal characteristics of students. The dropout data file contains records for 2,028 sample members who…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Dropouts, Followup Studies
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Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1995
This manual familiarizes data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the high school transcript component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). A second objective is to provide the necessary documentation for using the data files. Chapter 6 and appendix F, in particular, contain…
Descriptors: Coding, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1990
This manual has been produced to familiarize data users with the procedures used for data collection and processing of the base year parent component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) and to provide necessary documentation for using the data files. Chapter 7 and Appendix F, in particular, contain essential information…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Educational History
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
This manual was produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the second follow-up teacher component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) and to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data file. The NELS:88 teacher component was designed to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Followup Studies
Ingels, Steven J.; Owings, Jeffrey A. – 1994
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) serves as an example of how three specific problems of representativeness in a longitudinal study may be approached and overcome. NELS:88 was designed to provide longitudinal data about the educational transitions experienced by students as they leave eighth grade and move through high…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Change, Cohort Analysis, Eligibility
Ingels, Steven J. – 1993
Recent investigations of the extent to which students with disabilities are allowed to participate in major national data collections used in measurement-driven education reform suggest that 40 to 50 percent of students with disabilities are typically excluded from major assessments, although they are included to a greater degree in assessments…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Change